Green Pfitzer Juniper

[pmalelis]

Please forgive me for not taking pictures, I know, I will more than likely head back tomorrow. However I was at a local nursery where I have managed to find some really good finds recently in the midst of hundreds of other stock.

Today stuffed in a corner was a Juniper with near perfect radial nebari, a 2"+ trunk, very well balanced branching, in a 3 gallon can. All it is labeled is Green Pfizter stock #2. Foliage is all mature and lime green, not too leggy similar to my itoigawas, but definitely not compact like my kishu which I found there recently.

Do these make for good material? I can have it for $30. It looks very very similar to BVF's itoigawa shimpaku in this picture below, with a thicker trunk and similar branching.

 

[pmalelis]

I went back for pictures

 

[Soldano666]

For $30 id have bought it. I might be the same as juniper old gold which is a slow grower but,I'm not sure. If its only $30 id act on it

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Could be worth a shot, but I don't know how they respond to pruning and wiring. Foliage looks good, price is good.
It was odd seeing the photo in the first post, it looked familiar, then I recognized it and had to read on! Fwiw, mine is now 18" tall, trunk is 2.5" at 1" up, and spreads out to about 4.5" at the soil line. One of my favorites.

 

[sorce]

I went back for purchase

Nice!

Sorce

 

[pmalelis]

Nice!

Sorce

Yes will likely purchase today, thanks for the nudge.

Any thoughts on initial approach?

I am thinking to cut it back hard in the fall to chase foliage to the trunk and grow out another 3-5 years for a larger tree.

I do have 4" itoigawa whips available for graft, what are the considerations to grafting new foliage. Would this be a benefit? Or, if this foliage responds well, just leave it be?

 

[sorce]

I've recently moved to the thought of leaving all the folaige for a safer repot..
Then when it's established, working on them.

Note....

I Have Never successfully repotted a nursery juniper.

Only local ERC...J.Crack.

Sorce